Steady as she goes...

The following game was a rather steady affair: I pursued my attack, and my opponent had very clear ideas on how to defend. I was fortunate to produce a "scary" move (which should have led to an exchange of pieces and a likely draw) which tilted the game in my favor.

perrypawnpusher - abedinejad
blitz, FICS, 2011

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

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

7.Qd5+ Kf8 8.Qxc5+ d6 9.Qe3 Nf6

10.f4

Or 10.0-0 as in perrypawnpusher - hogmaster, JG3 thematic, ChessWorld, 2008 (1-0, 37) and perrypawnpusher - Mences, blitz, FICS, 2009 (1-0, 38).

10...Bg4

Looking for trouble; he has something in mind.

11.h3 Bh5 12.g4 Bxg4 13.hxg4 Nxg4

Black has returned the piece and made Kingside castling dangerous for White. Under certain circumstances, ...h7-h5 could prove to be useful.

14.Qg3 Qe7 15.Nc3 Nf6 16.d3 d5 17.e5 d4

18.Ne2 Nd5 19.Bd2

After the game, Rybka 3 preferred 19.Qxg6, with the idea of winning two Rooks and a Knight for the Queen. I am not sure that this is best, however.

After 19...hxg6 20.Rxh8+ Kf7 21.Rxa8 Black has 21...Qh4+ 22.Kd2 Nxf4 and Black would draw by repetition after 23.Nxf4, 23.Nxd4 or 23.e6+.

White can be sneaky and toss in 21.e6+ Qxe6 before capturing the final Rook with 22.Rxa8, but Black still seems to finagle a draw after 22...Qh3, for example 23.b3 g5 24.Rd8 Nxf4 25.Nxf4 Qg3+ 26.Kd2 Qxf4+ 27.Ke1 Qg3+ draw.

Black's resources are based on White's insecure King and undeveloped Queenside – where have we seen that lately?

19...c5 20.0-0-0 Qf7

Still hammering away at the backward White pawn at f4, but it seems somewhat risky to put the Queen in front of the King, on a half-open file. 

21.f5 Nge7 22.e6 Qf6 23.Bg5

This was my idea behind advancing the "Jerome pawns", to harass the Black Queen.

After the game, Rybka preferred 23.Qd6, on one hand adding pressure to the enemy King's position, and on the other hand planning to grab the pawn on c5, and possibly the one on d4 as well. 

23...Qxf5

Panic.

It was time for Black to liquidate the position with 23...Nxf5 24.Bxf6 Nxg3 25.Bxg7+ Kxg7 26.Nxg3 Ne3 27.Rdg1 Rag8 when White might have an edge, but only a small one.

24.Rdf1 Qxf1+ 25.Rxf1+ Ke8 26.Bxe7 Kxe7 27.Qxg7+

Black resigned