Sept. 10 blitz games

I examined five games today where Morphy played the King's gambit accepted. I'm quite comfortable with the Queen's Gambit for now, but it was fascinating to see how he could demolish an opponent in less than 20 moves with it. I might find it a bit harder to play.

I cheated the cycle with a pair of standard games that did not go well at all, but here's my official cycle of blitz games. Not annotated just because they are so awful. I do not do well at blitz.

[Event "ICC"]

[Site "Internet Chess Club"]

[Date "2009.09.10"]

[White "KyleMayhugh"]

[Black "PapaWarrior"]

[Result "0-1"]

[WhiteElo "998"]

[BlackElo "945"]

[ECO "D30"]

[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]

[TimeControl "120+5"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Bb4

6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. e3 Ne4 9. Bb5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Ba5

11. O-O Bd7 12. Qxd5 Bxc3 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Qh5 Bxa1 15. Ng5 h6

16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Rxa1 Be4 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qg4+ Rg7 20. Qxe4 Qg5

21. Qe6+ Kh7 22. Qe4+ Qg6 23. Qxg6+ Rxg6 24. g3 Rb6 25. Rc1 c6

26. Rc5 Rb1+ 27. Kg2 Rb2 28. e4 Rxa2 29. e5 Rf8 30. e6 Raxf2+

31. Kh3 Re8 32. Re5 Rf6 33. e7 Rf7 34. Kh4 Rfxe7 35. Rxe7+ Rxe7

36. Kh5 Re4 37. g4 a5 38. h4 a4 39. d5 cxd5 40. g5 Re5

41. Kg4 hxg5 42. hxg5 Kg6 43. Kh4 a3 44. Kh3 a2 45. Kh2 Rxg5

46. Kh3 a1=Q 47. Kh2 Qh8#

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[Event "ICC"]

[Site "Internet Chess Club"]

[Date "2009.09.10"]

[White "KyleMayhugh"]

[Black "PapaWarrior"]

[Result "0-1"]

[WhiteElo "998"]

[BlackElo "945"]

[ECO "D30"]

[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]

[TimeControl "120+5"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Bb4

6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. e3 Ne4 9. Bb5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Ba5

11. O-O Bd7 12. Qxd5 Bxc3 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Qh5 Bxa1 15. Ng5 h6

16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Rxa1 Be4 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qg4+ Rg7 20. Qxe4 Qg5

21. Qe6+ Kh7 22. Qe4+ Qg6 23. Qxg6+ Rxg6 24. g3 Rb6 25. Rc1 c6

26. Rc5 Rb1+ 27. Kg2 Rb2 28. e4 Rxa2 29. e5 Rf8 30. e6 Raxf2+

31. Kh3 Re8 32. Re5 Rf6 33. e7 Rf7 34. Kh4 Rfxe7 35. Rxe7+ Rxe7

36. Kh5 Re4 37. g4 a5 38. h4 a4 39. d5 cxd5 40. g5 Re5

41. Kg4 hxg5 42. hxg5 Kg6 43. Kh4 a3 44. Kh3 a2 45. Kh2 Rxg5

46. Kh3 a1=Q 47. Kh2 Qh8#

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[Event "ICC"]

[Site "Internet Chess Club"]

[Date "2009.09.10"]

[White "KyleMayhugh"]

[Black "etm9000"]

[Result "0-1"]

[WhiteElo "965"]

[BlackElo "1134"]

[ECO "A40"]

[Opening "Queen's pawn"]

[TimeControl "120+5"]

1. d4 a6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 b5 5. c5 Nd5

6. Nxd5 cxd5 7. Qb3 Bb7 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. e3 e6 10. a4 Na5

11. Qc3 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. O-O d6 14. cxd6 Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6

16. b4 cxb3 17. Qxb3 Bc6 18. Ne5 Rb8 19. Qd3 Bb7 20. Rab1 O-O

21. Rb2 f6 22. Nf3 a5 23. Rfb1 Ba6 24. Qc3 Rxb2 25. Rxb2 Rc8

26. Qxa5 Rc1+ 27. Ne1 Bc4 28. Qa8+ Kf7 29. Rb7+ Kg6 30. Qe8+ Kh6

31. h4 Rxe1#

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