Nothing much to see in this game. Openings seem to be going all right, but I botched this one a little bit.
[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.09.23"]
[White "jackson1754"]
[Black "KyleMayhugh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1361"]
[BlackElo "1355"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[TimeControl "1380+21"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6
6. Nc3 d6 7. Bg5 c5 8. Bxf6 Qxf6
Fritz gives 8.Qxf6 a ??. Why? Because of a ... wait for it ... c-c-c-counting error! I misread another exchange. 8. ... cxd6 9. Bxd8 9.dxc3. Wait, I'm not seeing what Fritz is seeing here.
9. Qxf6 gxf6
Wins the bishop pair.
10. Nd5 Rb8
11. Nxf6+ Ke7 12. Nd5+ Kd7 13. Be2 Bg7 14. Bg4+ Ke8 15. Bh5 Bxb2
Back to even on material, still an awkward position.
16. Rb1 Bd4 17. O-O Be6 18. Nc7+ Ke7 19. Nxe6 fxe6
The tide turned very subtlely. We have opposite colored bishops now, which should make things interesting. But I've got the queenside pawn majority, while his extra pawns are on the kingside and are needed to protect his king. I've got two open files pointing right as his king and rooks able to attack them, whereas his rooks are trapped behind his pawn structure and will need more moves to get around to anywhere good.
20. Bf3 b6
21. Rb3 Rbg8 22. c3 Be5 23. g3 h5 24. a4 h4 25. g4 Rg7
26. a5 bxa5 27. Rb7+ Kf6 28. Rxg7 Kxg7 29. Ra1 Bxc3 30. Ra3 Bb4
31. Rd3 Rd8 32. e5 d5 33. Bg2 c4 34. Rf3 c3 35. Rf6 Rc8
36. Rxe6 c2 37. Bxd5 c1=Q+ 38. Kg2 Rc3 39. Bf3 Rxf3
Decided to just go ahead and "lose" the exchange in order to simplify the board and get one of his remaining threats off the board. White resigns.
It's fun to be good enough to beat guys at ratings that would have floored me earlier, but I don't think this win represents much. I was mostly lucky to see the position sort of materialize from his advantage to mine.
0-1
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