Sorry that this one came late, Blogger was having technical difficulties with me. Today's game is a botched English in G/5 Time Control. I was black against a fellow 1700, but please keep in mind that online ratings are not always.
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 So far, nothing out of the ordinary. Not being to clear on theory at this point, I decide that I'm going to pursue development with the idea of aggravating the White Queen.
7. ...Nbd7 8. O-O Nb6 9. Qb3 Qd7?? What could have been a costly mouse-slip. I intended the Queen to be on e7 and chase the White Queen again or exchange for development of my Bishop on the recapture. Of course, 9. ...Be7 or Bd6 is better than my plan.
10. d3?? as Ne5! would have forked my Queen and Bishop leading to unpleasant doubled c-pawns
10. ...Bd6 11. Bg5 Nfd5 12. e4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. Be3 Now I want to castle, but I have put the White Queen in a pinning position of my e6 pawn, so I decide to chas again.
14. ...Ba4 15. Qb2 O-O 16. d4 This give my Knight a great square on c4, but I can't give up my b7 pawn. So...
16. ...Rab8 17. e5 I should have taken a little more time to consider Be7 at this point, but decided to pursue Nc4.
17. ...fxe5 18. dxe5 Nc4 19. Qe2 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Be7 21. Qxa7? b6 Greed has consumed White and I've trap the Queen in the corner. While I can't get at her yet due the Bishop on g2 covering the a8-square, White must shift gears to defense and attempt to keep the Queen on the board. White 1:33 & Black 3:02 left to play.
22. Nd4 Bc5 23. Rad1? Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Giving up the exchange, but White wants a Rook on the d-file to pressure my Queen and can entertain ideas of getting his Queen out of the corner.
24. ...Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Qe7 26. Qa6 Qc5 27. Qc4 :23 to 2:21 left and White is looking to simplify, but I take back my lost pawn. 27. Qxe5 28. Bh3? I thought White would play 28. Re4 Qd5 29. Qe2 Rbe8. White is still losing, but I'm not mating him or gaining immediate material.
28. ...Qe1+ 29. Kg2?? Rxf2# 0-1 White should have played 29. Qf1 and struggle on being down the exchange, but time pressure makes us all do crazy things.
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