Thursday, August 19, 2010

Crushed



After I was crushed in this game, I looked it over: both my opening and my opponent had given me chances for play. The Jerome Gambit did not let me down – I let it down.

 perrypawnpusher - Kingsmeal
blitz, FICS, 2010

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+


4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6


7.Qd5+ Ke8 8.Qxc5 d6 9.Qe3 Be6


Black's last move encourages White's next.

10.f4

Or 10.0-0 Nf6 11.f4 Kd7 12.f5 Bxf5 13.exf5 Re8 14.Qg5 Ne7 15.Qxg7 c6 16.Qxf6 Black resigned, perrypawnpusher - dirceu, blitz, FICS, 2010.

10...Bf7

The problem with White's 10th move is that Black can play, instead, 10...Qh4+ 11.g3 Qh3, causing problems on the light squares for White. Better, as in my play against dirceau, was 10.0-0.

11.0-0 Qh4


12.Nc3

Here my play could have been guided by a little logic. Does Black's Queen pose a threat? No. What would make it dangerous? If a Knight got to g4. Can I stop ...Ng8-f6-g4? No, but you can take the sting out of it with 12.d4 Nf6 13.Qd3 Ng4 14.h3. What else? Don't chase the other Black Knight to g4. How to I do that? Start with 12.d4, so that after 13.f5 the Knight can't find its way to g4.

12...N8e7

13.f5 Ne5 14.d4


Driving the Knight to where I don't want it to go. Thus: 14.h3 is better. My play was too stereotyped.

14...Ng4 15.Qg3

Completing the farce, but Rybka's recommendation after the game – 15.Qh3 Qxh3 16.gxh3 Nf6 17.e5 – leaves Black better, as well.

15...Qxg3 16.hxg3 Kd7


The Knight on g4 is a serious pain in my position.

17.Bf4 Bc4 18.Rfe1 Raf8 19.b3 Ba6 20.Ne2


It is difficult getting my pieces to cooperate. Black, on the other hand, is ready to tear things apart.

20...g6 21.fxg6 Nxg6

Even stronger was 21...hxg6, adding the other Rook to the attack.

22.c4 b5 23.c5 b4 24.cxd6 cxd6


25.Bd2

It is hard to believe Rybka's post mortem suggestion, although perhaps White's best is to eliminate almost all of the pawns: 25.a3 Bxe2 26.Rxe2 Nxf4 27.gxf4 Rxf4 28.axb4 Ra8 29.Ra6 d5 30.exd5 Rxd4 31.g3 Rd3 32.Kg2 Ne3+ 33.Kh3 Nxd5 34.Rf2 Ke7 35.Rh6 Nxb4 36.Rxh7+ Kd6 37.Rff7 Rxb3 38.Rxa7





analysis diagram







 25...Rf2 White resigned


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