Games, 9/05/06

I didn't do any tactics or games all Labor Day weekend, but my CTS scores is holding at 1359 and I played a decent game today.

Loss: Alesiejew(1549)-likesforests(1462)

1. f3 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nh3 Nc6 4. Nf2 Bc5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O d4 8. a4 dxe3 9. dxe3 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nb4 11. Na3 a5 12. c3 Nbd5 13. Nc2 b6 14. f4 Rb8 15. e4 Ne7 16. e5 Nfd5 17. Nd4 Ba6 18. Nd3 Bxd4+ 19. cxd4 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Nb4 21. Rc3 Ned5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Rc6 Rbc8 24. Bd2 Rfd8 25. Rac1 Ne7 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Kf8 28. Bc3 Nd5 29. Rc6 Nb4 30. Rxb6 Nd5 31. Rb5 Ra8 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Bxa5 Ke8 34. Kf2 Kd7 35. Ke2 Kc6 36. Kd3 Kb7 37. Ke4 Ka6 38. Bd2 Kb6 39. f5 Kc6 40. fxe6 fxe6 41. b4 g5 42. b5+ Kb6 43. h4 g4 44. h5 Kb7 45. a5 Ka7 46. Kd3 Kb7 47. Kc4 Ka7 48. Kc5 Kb7 49. Kd6 Nc7 50. b6 Nb5+ 51. Kxe6 Nxd4+ 52. Kf7 Nf3 53. e6 Ng5+ 54. Bxg5 1-0

10...Nb4 was a minor miscalculation. I saw 11.c3 but not 11.Na3.

14...Rb8 was a minor miscalculation. I was worried about 15.e4 Ne7 16.Bxa8 but that's impossible because the e-pawn blocks the bishop.

15...Ne7 was a minor miscalculation. I briefly looked at Ng4 but discounted it due to Nxg4. I missed my own pin.

25...Ne7 was a major miscalculation, losing a pawn and giving the enemy rooks inroads into my position--eventually losing the game.

Win: likesforests(1451)-GuestSNPJ

1. e4 d5 2. Bd3 dxe4 3. Bxe4 Nf6 4. Bf3 c6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nge2 Be7 8. O-O h6 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. b3 O-O 12. Re1 Bb4 13. Re3 Nb6 14. Nce2 Nbd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rf3 Bd6 17. a3 Nxf4 18. Nxf4 Bxf4 19. Rxf4 Qc7 20. Qd2 Bxc2 21. Nh5 Bg6 22. Ng3 Rad8 23. Qe3 Rd5 24. Re1 Rfd8 25. h4 Qb6 26. Ne2 e5 27. dxe5 Qxe3 28. fxe3 Rxe5 29. Kf2 Rd3 30. Nd4 c5 31. Nf3 Re7 32. b4 Rxa3 33. bxc5 Rc3 34. Ra4 a6 35. Ra5 Be4 36. g4 Rc7 37. Nd2 Rc2 38. Ke2 Rd7 39. Rd1 Bd3+ 40. Kf3 Bb5 41. Kf4 Rcxd2 42. Rxd2 Rxd2 43. Ke5 Rg2 44. Kf4 Rc2 45. Ke5 Rxc5+ 46. Kd4 Rc4+ 47. Kd5 Rxg4 48. Kd6 Rxh4 49. Kc7 Ra4 50. Rxa4 Bxa4 0-1

This game was a complete knock-out with no blunders... on my side, at least. I won't bother analyzing this one.