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Spud

31 Dec 2010, 21:41:30

Ive lost some interesting games over the years, but this is one i'll remember for a while

[Event "Tour O381"] [Site "Caissa's Web"] [Date "2010.12.23"] [White "Grim"] [Black "Spud"] [Result "1-0"] [TimeControl "20/720"] [WhiteELO "1673"] [BlackELO "1503"] [ECO "C50"] [Opening "King's knight opening"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Nc3 Bd7 8. Qf3 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Qe7+ 12. Be3 Rd8 13. Nb5 c6 14. Nc7#

Edited on 31 Dec 2010 at 21:41:43

Spud

1 Jan 2011, 04:24:31

...this one is more about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory

[Event "Tour B449"] [Site "Caissa's Web"] [Date "2010.12.24"] [White "Spud"] [Black "dirtrider"] [Result "0-1"] [TimeControl "20/720"] [WhiteELO "1454"] [BlackELO "1621"] [ECO "C20"] [Opening "Double king's pawn"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 d5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Bb5+ c6 5. Bc4 b5 6. Bb3 Bb4+ 7. c3 Ba5 8. Nf3 h6 9. O-O Ne7 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Bd2 Bc7 12. f4 a6 13. e6 fxe6 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. f5 Qd6 17. Qh5 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. Bxh6 g6 20. fxg6 Rxf1#

alreadyinuse Unknown

2 Jan 2011, 19:06:05

Doh!

Vindicus

In reply to #1

7 Jan 2011, 01:44:36

White moving 6. nxc6 instead of the expected 0-0 threw you off i expect. You were all right until you moved 7. ... Bd7. If you had tried Be7 you had even chances...

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