Thursday, May 18, 2006

Step 1: Analyse. Step 2: A Wrong Move. Step 3: Lose

I played a game on ChessWorld recently, part of a King's Gambit knockout tournament. It was a really great game, and I spent more time than usual analysing the position, but ended up with a loss.

The game went as follows up until the image shown:

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Bc5 4.d4 Bb6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bxf4 Re8 8.e5 d6 9.Qd2 Ba5 10.O-O-O Ne4 11.Qe3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 d5 13.Bb3 Nd7 14.h4 Nb6 15.h5 Bg4 16.h6 g6 17.Bg3 Qd7 18.Rdf1 Be6 19.Bh4 Nc4 20.Qg5 f5 21.exf6 Bxc3 22.Bxc4 dxc4 23.Ne5 Qxd4 24.f7+ Bxf7 25.Qf6


Previous to playing 25. Qf6, I spent almost an hour looking at the possibilities, and I came to the conclusion that my King could survive any attack long enough to escape, and I'd get the mate.

Also, I wasn't afraid of 25. ... Qxe5 because 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Bf6+ wins the Queen. 25. ...Rxe5 leads to a quick mate.

However, there was one move which I didn't think about until too late, but there was really nothing I could do about it. It simplified the game down, which isn't what I wanted.

25. ... Qe3+ 26.Kb1 Qb6+ 27.Qxb6 axb6

So, the Queens trade, and black has a rook on the open 'a' file. Thinking I had a free piece and not considering my peril, I took the material and fell quickly.

28.Nxf7 Rxa2 0-1

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