Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Watching Paint Dry




White's play is not very exciting (after the opening salvos in the Jerome Gambit, of course) and this eventually emboldens Black to unsoundly counter-attack – after which White can continue his boring, but steady, play and gather in his win.

perrypawnpusher - johnde
blitz, FICS, 2012


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 Nf6


10.0-0 Qe7 11.Nc3

The alternative, 11.d3, was played successfully by mrjoker in a handful of games in 2009.

11...Kf7

Planning to put the Rook on e8. Again, 11...Rf8 has been played a number of times, as well, including perrypawnpusher - MRBarupal, blitz, FICS, 2010 (0-1, 31);  perrypawnpusher - chingching, blitz, FICS, 2011 (½-½, 36); perrypawnpusher - parlance, blitz, FICS, 2011 (1-0, 22); perrypawnpusher - Unimat, blitz, FICS, 2011 (1-0, 25); perrypawnpusher - Solaar, blitz, FICS, 2011 (1-0, 33); and perrypawnpusher - mikelars, blitz, FICS, 2011 (1-0, 50). 

12.f4 Re8

13.f5 Ne5 14.d3

Opting not to kick the Knight with 14.d4

14...Neg4 15.Qg3 Kg8 16.h3 Ne5 17.Bg5 Qf7


18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Nd5 Qf7 20.f6 Qg6

More accurate was 20...Rd8, although after 21.fxg7 Qxg7 22.Qxg7+ Kxg7 23.Nxc7 White would have 3 pawns for his sacrificed piece.

21.Ne7+

Grabbing the exchange, but that would be accomplished better with 21.Qxg6 hxg6 22.Nxc7.

21...Rxe7 22.fxe7 Bd7

23.Qf4

Wasting a move.

23...Qe8 24.Qh4 Ng6 25.Qg5 Nxe7


Black's two pieces still outweigh White's Rook and pawn, but not by much.

26.Rf2 h6 27.Qe3 Qg6 28.Raf1 Bxh3

A simple oversight.

29.Qxh3 Nc6

The exchange proves to be enough.

30.Qf5 Qe8 31.Qf7+ Qxf7 32.Rxf7 Nd4 33.Rxc7 b6 34.Rff7 Ne6


35.Rxa7 Rxa7 36.Rxa7 Nd4 37.c3 Ne2+ 38.Kf2 Nf4 39.d4 Nd3+ 40.Ke3 Nxb2 41.Rb7 Nc4+ 42.Kd3 Nb2+ 43.Kc2 Na4 44.Rd7 b5 45.Rxd6 Kf7

46.e5 Ke7 47.Kb3 h5 48.Kb4 Nb2 49.Kxb5 Nd3 50.a4 g5 51.a5 g4 52.a6 Nf2 53.a7 Nd1 54.a8Q Nxc3+ 55.Kc4 Black resigned

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