Friday, November 21, 2008

#405 Gauntlet Grief

I missed an obvious win at move 16, lost again and am so disgusted, depressed :

[Event "STC Gauntlet - FICS Wild Card"]

[Site "FICS"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "jmoldovan"]
[Black "Acho"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "1812"]
[BlackElo "1796"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.11.04"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[Source "The Chess Coroner #405"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.21"]

{Nimzo-Indian Defense Saemisch Variation}
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Be7 $6 5. e4 d5 $6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Qg4 $146 $1 O-O (9 ...g6 $142) 8. Bh6 $1 Bg5 $1 9. Bxg7 $2 (9. Bxg5 $16) 9... h5 $1 10. Qxh5 $44 Kxg7 11. Nxe4 (11. Nf3 $142) 11... dxe4 12. h4 Rh8 13. Qg4 Nc6 (13... Kf8 $142) 14. Rd1 (14. f4 $142 $1
$14) 14... f5 $4 (14... Kf8) 15. exf6+ Qxf6 16. Nh3 $4 (16.
hxg5 $18) 16... Rxh4 17. Qg3 e5 $4 (17... Kh8 $19) 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Rd5 Qxg3 20. fxg3 Rxh3 $8 21.
gxh3 Bf6 22. b3 $4 (22. Bg2 $8 $17) 22... Be6 $19 23. Rd1
Nd4 24. b4 $2 Nc2+
25. Kf2 $2 Bd4+ 26. Kg2 $2 Ne3+ 27. Kh2 Nxd1 28. Be2 Nc3 29.
Bd1 Rf8 30. Re1
Rf2+ 31. Kh1 Bxh3 32. Bb3 Rf1+ 33. Rxf1 Bxf1 34. c5 e3 35. Be6
e2 36. Bc4
e1=Q 37. Bxf1 Qxg3 0-1

replay

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