[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.12.08"] [Round "-"] [White "zannoon"] [Black "egor_tensin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1267"] [BlackElo "1376"] [TimeControl "300+5"] [Termination "egor_tensin won by checkmate"] [Annotator "egor_tensin"] {A trapped queen, but the most remarkable thing about this game for me personally was that it was the first time I managed to pull off a N+B checkmate in a real game!} 1.e4 e5 2.d3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Be2 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.h3 a6 8.Nh2 b5 9.Ng4 Nxg4 10.Bxg4 Be6 11.Kh1 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Bxf5 Rxf5 14.Qg4 Qf8 15.f3 Rf6 16.Nd2 Ne7 17.Ne4 Rg6 18.Qd7 Bb6 19.Nf2 {Unfortunate!} Rd8 20.Qxd8 Qxd8 21.Ng4 Qf8 22.f4 exf4 23.Bxf4 Nf5 24.d4 h5 25.Nf2 Nxd4 26.Nd3 Nf5 27.Rf3 Rf6 28.Raf1 Nh4 29.Bxd6 cxd6 30.Rxf6 gxf6 31.Nf4 Kf7 32.Nxh5 Qh6 {I've been waiting for a chance to execute a N+B checkmate to make up for all the effort I've put into learning it, so I'm grabbing any opportunity with both hands.} (32.Qg8 {is a very quick win.}) 33.Rxf6+ Qxf6 34.Nxf6 Kxf6 35.g3 Nf3 36.Kg2 Ne5 37.h4 Kf5 38.Kh3 d5 39.b3 d4 40.cxd4 Bxd4 41.h5 Kg5 42.g4 Nxg4 43.Kg3 Ne5 44.h6 Kxh6 45.Kf4 Ba1 46.Ke4 Kg6 47.Kd5 Kf5 48.Kc5 a5 49.Kxb5 Bc3 50.a3 Ke4 51.b4 axb4 52.axb4 Kd5 53.Ka4 Kc4 54.b5 Nd7 (54...Bb4 55.b6 Nd7 56.b7 Nc5# {Missed that.}) 55.b6 Nxb6+ {The same inaccuracy.} 56.Ka3 {The king cannot even leave the corner, so that was easy. But still!} Bd4 57.Ka2 Kc3 58.Ka3 Bc5+ 59.Ka2 Kc2 60.Ka1 Nc4 61.Ka2 Nb2 62.Ka1 Nd3 63.Ka2 Nc1+ 64.Ka1 Bd4# 0-1