The old saying goes "Good luck is better than a license to steal."
As much as I would like to think that my success in this game was due to "superior skill", I have to attribute most of it to Dame Fortune.
perrypawnpusher - deceptionmaster
blitz, FICS, 2013
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6
The Semi-Italian Opening.
4.0-0 Bc5 5.Bxf7+
The Semi-Italian Jerome Gambit.
5...Kxf7 6.Nxe5+ Nxe5 7.d4 Ne7
A reasonable decision by Black: since he is going to lose a piece anyhow, he simply develops another. I was surprised to see only one example in The Database, Jabbaman - HrDoctor, PlayChess.com, 2003, (1-0, 16)
8.dxc5
Also possible was 8.Qh5+ N5g6 9.Qxc5, but I was planning to use my pawns for a central clamp.
8...Rf8 9.f4 N5c6 10.Nc3 Kg8 11.e5
After the game Rybka 3 recommended, instead, advancing the f-pawn, i.e., 11.f5 b6 12.f6 Ng6 13.fxg7 Rxf1+ 14.Qxf1 Kxg7 with the idea of exposing Black's King, leaving the defender only slightly better.
I still prefer my move.
11...b6 12.Be3 bxc5 13.Bxc5 Ba6 14.Rf2 Rf5
Black has been developing well, but I thought that this move was a bit provocative. Set to "blunder check" at 5 minutes a move after the game, Rybka 3 had nothing to say, however.
15.g4 Rf7 16.Qe1
Probably better was 16.Qd2.
16...Nc8 17.f5 Nb6 18.Qe4 Bb7
19.Rd1
I was almost beginning to like my position. The problem is that my planned e5-e6 is not going to amount to much.
19...Qe8 20.e6 dxe6 21.fxe6 Rxf2 22.Kxf2 Rd8
White's e-pawn is a weakie (as 22...Nd8 would have shown), but I still had a few ideas about how I could use it - if my opponent let me.
23.Rf1 Rd2+
I had expected this aggressive move, and appreciated the tempo it forced upon me.
24.Kg1
This works, but technically 24.Ke1 was better.
24...Qd8
I am not sure what - or how much - my opponent overlooked here, but this is an unfortunate blitz error. Perhaps he was returning some material - a Queen for a Rook and a Bishop - and figured the remaining imbalance of 2 Knights, Bishop and Rook would outplay my Queen and Knight; but there is an oversight in that evaluation.
25.Rf8+ Qxf8 26.Bxf8 Kxf8 27.Qf4+
Black's Rook is hanging. Now all I had to do was avoid blundering and avoid running out of time.
27...Ke7 28.Qxd2
After the game Rybka 3 harped that I should have played 28.Qf7+ Kd6 29.Ne4+ Ke5 30.Nxd2. Whatever.
28...Ne5 29.Qe3 Nf3+ 30.Kf2 Nxh2 31.Qc5+ Kxe6 32.Qxc7 Nxg4+ 33.Kg3 Bc8 34.Kxg4 Black resigned
