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Think Like A Grand Patzer II - 2006/12/29 00:06
None taken! If I didn't make mistakes, I wouldn't be hear soliciting help. Thank you for your detailed response, by the way.
I did recently play a game where I don't believe I made a mistake and where I took advantage of an error on the part of my opponent.
Now that I've had a couple of days to enjoy the win, I'll present it here to get my ego deflated. Again, any comments on how to improve my thought process would be greatly appreciated.
[Event "Web-based correspondence game"] [Site "http://net-chess.com"] [Date "2003.07.06"] [Round "-"] [white "Major Patzer"] [Black "name withheld (1545)"] [Result "1-0"]
1.e4 d5
2.exd5 Qxd5
3.Nc3 Qe5+ {One book recommends Qa5.}
4.Be2 Nc6 {Seems like a natural way to remove the check, but would offering to swap queens be better?}
5.Nf3 Qd6 {Chase the queen around a bit while developing.}
6.Nb5 {Moving the same piece twice in the opening is not recommended, but the threat of the fork on c7 combined with forcing black to move the queen four times in seven moves is too tempting. Would d4 or O-O be better?}
6. ... Qd8
7.d4 {I've got my eye on c7 via Bf4. Nf6 followed by Nd5 will prevent doing that easily, but grabbing the center with d4 seems to make general sense. 7. ... a6 8. Nc3 and 9. d5 is another possibility.}
7. ... Bc8g4
8. Bf4 {Now I'm expecting Rc8 to protect c7. Trading the bishop and knight for a pawn and rook and a pawn majority on the queen-side seems reasonable.}
8. ... Bg4xf3
9.Nxc7+ {Kd7 is the only way to avoid losing the queen. Bxf3 followed by d5 then looks pretty good -- Bg4+ isn't as exciting.}
9. ... Kd7 {Grabbing the rook leads to 10. Nxa8 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Qxa8 which isn't great even though material is roughly even. I'll stick with the Bxf3 plan, keeping both bishops and preparing for d5, after castling, perhaps.}
10.Bxf3 Rc8 {Bg4+ is met with e6, freeing up black's bishop and queen. d5 threatens the knight immediately and sets up for a discovered check.
If the knight moves, 12. Bg4+ e6 13. dxe6+ looks good.}
11.d5 Nb4 {That discovered check plan is still looking good. I believe that there is a forced mate here, but I don't trust my tactics six or seven moves deep.}
12.Bg4+ e6
13.dxe6+ Ke7 {Nxc2+ or Nd3+ is the immediate threat. Castling is one option, but loses a pawn (14. O-O Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Nxc2). Qe2 looks good, preparing for another discovered check and defending both c2 and d3.}
14.Qe2 Rxc7 {Mate in two. exf7+ leaves black no choice but Kxf7 or Kf6. In either case, Qe6 mates.}
15. exf7+ Kxf7
16. Qe6#
1-0.
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