[Event “Bodley A 2013/4”]
[Site “Drogheda Chess Club”]
[Date “2013.11.02”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Jonathon Tsang”]
[Black “Mark Dennehy”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteRating “945”]
[EventDate “2013.11.02”]
[Annotator “Stockfish 09-06-13 64bit”]
1. e4 c6
2. d4 d5
3. exd5 cxd5
4. Nf3 {Nf3 here? Odd…}
4. … Nf6 {Well, that should have been Bf5 but I think Nf3 threw me..}
5. Be2 {This… is not the caro kann mainline!}
5. … Bf5 {Right, back on track.}
6. O-O
6. … e6
7. Nc3
7. … Bd6 {Was thinking Be7 but Bd6 looked better because of the b8-h2 diagonal.}
8. Nb5 {Well, that was to be expected I suppose.}
8. … O-O {Giving up the bishop for a gain in development. Which I think in hindsight was a serious error.}
9. Nxd6
9. … Qxd6
10. Ne5
10. … Nc6 {Hoping for NxN followed by QxN and taking the c-file}
11. Bf4 {I hate that bishop. Sooooo much.}
11. … Qe7 {Worrying about Ng6 winning a rook.}
12. Nxc6
12. … bxc6 {Okay, no c-file, but there’s that nice b-file instead….but I can’t Rb8 because of BxR}
13. c4
13. … Rac8? {Expecting cxd, cxd and owning the c-file. The engines have a different suggestion though.}
14. c5 {Oh. Yeah, chess, not checkers . And now Bd6 is a bit of a nasty threat. Need to guard the d6 square.}
14. … Ne8
15. Ba6
15. … Rd8 {Ra8 would just exile the rook. }
16. Qb3 {Looking to Qb7, and now QxQ , BxQ, Bd6? Ugh.}
16. … e5?!
{Blocking off the line to d6, even if the pawn’s hanging as a result. The engines spot this as a really bad idea though.}
17. Rfe1
17. … f6
{Defends e5 and gives an ecape route for Rf and Q, but opens the diagonal for an attack on the king. But Bf5 is there to help out.}
18. Rac1?!
{I never saw this in the game or immediately after, but the engines highlighted this as a bit of a blunder}
18. … g5?!
{GO AWAY!}
19. Bg3
{Yay!}
19. … Nc7
{Now that Bg3 has happened, get on with the game.}
20. Bb7?
{Odd. I expected Qb7 at this point and then Rb8 to counter. The engines expected Bf1…}
20. … Nb5?
{Going after the d4 fork point against Q&B but the engines have the better line}
21. Bxc6
21. … Nxd4
22. Bxd5+ {And now we’re committed to the exchange to come, but I’d counted that and can come out equal.}
22. … Be6
23. Bxe6+
23. … Qxe6
24. Qxe6+
24. … Nxe6 {Okay, that went as foreseen. }
25. c6
25. … Rd2 {Thinking that the knight can block the c pawn and this gives me a rook on the 7th.}
26. c7
26. … Nd4?? {I think I fell asleep here and just looked at the Ne2 fork. Stupid. Rc8 was so much better. This is the mistake that threw the game away.}
27. c8=Q
27. … Rxc8
28. Rxc8+ {Ah. Right. Miscounted that.}
28. … Kg7
29. Rc7+
29. … Kg6
30. Kf1
30. … Nf5
31. Rxa7
31. … Nxg3+
32. hxg3
32. … Rxb2 {Why not? It’s free…}
33. a4
33. … Ra2 {Get in behind the passed pawn.}
34. a5
34. … h5
35. a6
35. … Kf5 {To avoid checks from behind}
36. f3
36. … h4
37. Re2
37. … Ra1+
38. Kf2
38. … Ra4
39. g4+
39. … Kf4 {And from here on the engines have this as a waste of time….}
40. Re4+
40. … Rxe4
41. fxe4
41. … Kxg4
42. Rf7
42. … h3
43. gxh3+
43. … Kxh3
44. Rxf6
44. … g4
45. Rh6#
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