path: root/egor_tensin_vs_capablanca1dominican_2015_08_25.pgn

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2015.08.25"]
[White "egor_tensin"]
[Black "capablanca1dominican"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1696"]
[BlackElo "1620"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[Termination "egor_tensin won by resignation"]

{One of the prettiest games I've played!}
1.b3 e5
2.Bb2 Nc6
3.g3 Bc5
4.Bg2 d5
5.d3 Nf6
6.Nd2 Ng4
7.e3 O-O
8.Ngf3 Re8
9.O-O Bxe3
10.fxe3 Nxe3
11.Qe2 Nxf1
12.Rxf1 f6 {Here I was for some reason absolutely convinced that I was down a piece. So in that somewhat depressed state of mind I went for a desperate attack.}
13.Nh4 Kh8
14.Qh5 Be6
15.Ne4 {Boom! The engine's first line. Want to bring my bishop to e4.} dxe4
16.Bxe4 f5
17.Bxf5
  ({I actually considered taking with the rook (which is a better move) very seriously.} 17.Rxf5 {But I was still convinced that I was down a lot of material, so scared myself away from it.})
17...Bxf5
18.Rxf5 Kg8 {gifting me the crucial tempi.}
  ({I'm not sure what I would've done had he gone} 18...Qd6 {instead.})
19.Qf7+ Kh8
20.Rh5 Ne7
21.Bxe5 Rg8 {allowing the pretty finish.}
22.Rxh7+
1-0