[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.12.18"] [Round "-"] [White "egor_tensin"] [Black "dragosniculescu"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1542"] [BlackElo "1478"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [Termination "Game drawn by repetition"] [Annotator "egor_tensin"] {A silly game. The guy was talking trash way more than I think is acceptable. I blundered a piece, but out of frustration played on just for the sake of it.} 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.b3 Nc6 4.Bb2 e6 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O Be7 8.d3 O-O 9.Nbd2 Qc7 10.a3 d5 11.Re1 Rfe8 12.Qc2 Rad8 13.e3 Bf8 14.d4 Be7 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.Bc3 a5 17.Qb2 Rb8 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Bd6 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Qxf6 Qe7 22.Qh6 Qf8 23.Qxf8+ Bxf8 24.cxd5 exd5 25.Red1 Bg7 26.Rab1 Bc3 27.Nf3 Red8 28.Rd3 d4 29.exd4 cxd4 30.Nd2 {Although the position's very bad for White, the piece blunder was uncalled for.} Ba6 31.Bf1 {For some reason I decided to give up the rook instead.} Bxd3 32.Bxd3 Bxd2 33.Kf1 Bc3 34.a4 Rd6 35.f3 Rdb6 36.Bc2 d3 37.Bxd3 Rxb3 38.Rxb3 Rxb3 39.Be4 Ra3 40.Bc6 Bb4 41.h4 h5 42.Kg2 Kg7 43.Bd7 Ra2+ 44.Kh3 {I would've resigned a long time ago in any other game.} Kg6 45.Be8 Be1 46.Bb5 Ra3 47.Bc6 Rc3 48.Bd5 Rd3 {Oh, that felt so good!} 49.Be4+ {You should've seen the chat.} Kf6 50.Bxd3 {I was so happy that I couldn't even focus on the game, thus giving him an easy draw. Or was it an easy draw anyway?} Kg7 51.g4 hxg4+ 52.fxg4 f6 53.g5 fxg5 54.hxg5 Bd2 55.Kg4 Be3 56.Kf5 Bd2 57.Bc4 Be3 58.Bd5 Bd2 59.Bb3 Be3 60.Bc2 Bd2 61.Bd3 Be3 62.Kg4 Bd2 63.g6 Be3 64.Kf3 Bd2 65.Ke4 Bb4 66.Kd4 Bd2 67.Kc4 Bb4 68.Kb5 Bd2 69.Kc4 Bb4 70.Kb5 Bd2 71.Kc4 Bb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.08.25"] [Round "-"] [White "egor_tensin"] [Black "capablanca1dominican"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1696"] [BlackElo "1620"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [Termination "egor_tensin won by resignation"] [Annotator "egor_tensin"] {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. I want to put my bishop on 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 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.10.11"] [Round "-"] [White "GNEV1984"] [Black "egor_tensin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1525"] [BlackElo "1656"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [Termination "egor_tensin won by checkmate"] [Annotator "egor_tensin"] {Pretty maneuvers by Black's queen and a nice queenside attack.} 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.a3 d6 5.Nc3 Be6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.Qd2 d5 9.O-O-O d4 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nb1 b5 12.h4 a5 13.Ng5 Qe7 14.c3 Bb3 15.Rdg1 b4 16.Bd1 Bxd1 17.Kxd1 Rab8 18.Ke2 dxc3 19.bxc3 bxa3 20.Qc1 Rb2+ 21.Nd2 Rfb8 22.Qa1 Bxg5 23.hxg5 Qxg5 {Her Majesty goes all over the place.} 24.Rd1 a2 25.g3 Qe7 26.Ke1 Qc5 27.Rc1 Rxd2 28.Kxd2 Qxf2+ 29.Kd1 Rb2 30.Qxb2 Qxb2 {The rest is silly.} 31.Rc2 a1=Q+ 32.Kd2 Qxc2+ 33.Kxc2 Qxh1 34.c4 Qa1 35.Kd2 a4 36.Ke3 a3 37.Kf3 Qd1+ 38.Kg2 a2 39.d4 a1=Q 40.dxe5 Qf1+ 41.Kh2 Qh1# 0-1 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.02.24"] [Round "-"] [White "egor_tensin"] [Black "hamadak1975"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1574"] [BlackElo "1580"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [Termination "egor_tensin won by resignation"] [Annotator "egor_tensin"] [CurrentPosition "3r2k1/pQ1R1ppp/7q/4p3/2P5/6P1/PP3PBP/4R1K1 b - - 0 23"] {A silly game. My opponent blundered a piece, but the finish was nice and very accurate.} 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Nd4 5.e3 Nf5 6.d4 Nge7 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.O-O cxd4 9.exd4 Nfxd4 {Looks like something I would play.} 10.Nxd4 Ne5 11.Qe2 Bd6 12.Ncb5 {Black's better watch out.} Bb8 13.Bf4 Qf6 14.Rfe1 d6 15.Nxd6+ {I bet my opponent didn't expect that.} Bxd6 16.Bxe5 Bxe5 17.Qxe5 Qh6 18.Qb5+ Bd7 19.Qxb7 Rd8 20.Nc6 O-O 21.Nxd8 Rxd8 22.Rad1 e5 23.Rxd7 1-0 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.03.26"] [Round "-"] [White "egor_tensin"] [Black "GranMuster"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1628"] [BlackElo "1581"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [Termination "egor_tensin won by checkmate"] [Annotator "egor_tensin"] [CurrentPosition "Q7/8/k6p/2K4P/8/8/8/3B4 b - - 0 69"] {An exhausting bishop ending I was lucky to win.} 1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 g6 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bc4 e6 9.Qb3 c6 10.O-O O-O 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Bd3 Nd7 13.Bg5 f6 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Bf4 Bg7 16.Bg3 Nf6 17.Ne5 Nh5 18.Rae1 Nxg3 19.fxg3 Rxf1+ 20.Rxf1 Rb8 21.Qc2 Qg5 22.Qf2 Be6 23.h4 Qe7 24.Qe2 Rf8 25.Rf3 {I am quite a bit worse. Can't blame me for trying to straighten up my pawns, right?} Bxe5 26.Qxe5 Rxf3 {And my opponent helps me out. Not worse anymore!} 27.gxf3 Qf7 28.Kg2 a6 29.Qg5 Kg7 30.h5 h6 {My opponent blunders into a completely lost bishop ending. But no ending is lost if you're playing me!} 31.Qxg6+ Qxg6 32.Bxg6 Kf6 33.b3 b6 34.Kf2 {I thought his kingside pawn majority was dangerous, so sent my king to re-enforce.} c5 35.Ke3 c4 36.Kd2 {Consistently trying to play out the wrong plan.} b5 37.bxc4 dxc4 38.Kc3 Kg5 39.Kb4 {OK, I'm happy, his kingside pawns aren't dangerous anymore.} Bf5 40.Be8 {Not sure what to do next though.} (40.f4+ {Wins often in this endgame.} Kf6 (40...Kg4 41.Bxf5 {is the same.}) 41.Bxf5 Kxf5 42.d5 Kf6 43.g4 {and so forth.}) 40...Be6 41.a3 Bd5 42.f4+ Kg4 43.Bg6 Be6 44.Kc5 (44.Be4 {And now if} Kxg3 45.f5 {is winning for White.}) 44...Bf5 45.Kb4 {Picturesque, but wrong.} (45.Bxf5+ Kxf5 46.Kb4 a5+ 47.Kc3 {is same old, same old.}) 45...a5+ 46.Kc3 Be6 47.Be8 {Going for those pawns! Sigh.} Kxg3 48.Bxb5 {Giving the pawn on f4 up for nothing.} (48.f5 {was much better. And now if} Bxf5 49.Bxb5 Kf4 50.Kxc4 {White's completely winning after something like} Kg5 51.d5 Kf6 52.d6 Ke6 53.Kc5 Be4 54.Be2 Kd7 55.Bg4+ Kd8 56.a4 Ke8 57.Kb6 Kd8 58.Kxa5) 48...Kxf4 49.Bxc4 Bd7 {And it's closer to a draw than ever. Might be a dead draw, actually.} 50.Bf7 a4 {The fatal mistake. Now it's over. The importance of a single move!} (50...Bb5 {was so much more solid. Not sure how to break through, if that's at all possible.}) 51.Kc4 Ke4 52.Kc5 Kf5 53.d5 Ke5 54.d6 Kf6 55.Bg6 Ke5 56.Bc2 Kf6 57.Kb6 Ke5 58.Kc7 Be8 59.d7 Bxd7 60.Kxd7 Kf4 61.Bxa4 Kg5 62.Bd1 Kf4 63.a4 Ke5 64.Kc6 Kd4 65.a5 Kc4 66.a6 Kb4 67.a7 Ka5 68.Kc5 Ka6 69.a8=Q# 1-0 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.04.10"] [Round "-"] [White "egor_tensin"] [Black "jumi99"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1636"] [BlackElo "1618"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [Termination "egor_tensin won by resignation"] [Annotator "egor_tensin"] [CurrentPosition "r4rk1/p2q1pb1/bpn1pP2/3pP1Qp/3P4/5N2/PP3PB1/RN2R1K1 b - - 0 21"] {A quick kingside attack.} 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nc6 5.d3 O-O 6.e4 d5 7.e5 Nd7 8.d4 e6 9.Be3 Ne7 10.Qd2 b6 11.Bh6 c5 12.c3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Ba6 14.Re1 Nb8 15.h4 Nbc6 16.h5 Nf5 17.Bg5 Qd7 18.g4 h6 19.gxf5 {Nice, isn't it? Black's king's side is now completely ruined.} hxg5 20.Qxg5 gxh5 {The wrong pawn.} 21.f6 1-0 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.04.23"] [Round "-"] [White "shegemf"] [Black "egor_tensin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1645"] [BlackElo "1631"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [Termination "egor_tensin won by resignation"] [Annotator "egor_tensin"] [CurrentPosition "r4k2/1pp2p1p/1n3q2/pP1p4/P4NR1/3P1K2/2P5/b7 w - - 0 32"] {A bloodbath arising from the Sololsky.} 1.b4 e5 2.b5 d5 3.Bb2 Nd7 4.e3 Ngf6 5.Be2 Bc5 6.Nf3 e4 7.Nh4 O-O 8.g3 Nb6 9.O-O Qd7 10.Ng2 Ng4 11.a4 Nh6 12.d3 a5 13.Nd2 Re8 14.Nf4 Bd6 15.Nh5 Qh3 16.Nxg7 Bg4 {No fucks given.} 17.f3 exf3 18.Bxf3 Rxe3 19.Bxg4 Nxg4 {White's days are numbered.} 20.Rf2 Bxg3 {Boom!} 21.Rg2 Bxh2+ 22.Kf1 Bg3 23.Nf3 {Took me a while to realize it's just a free piece.} Rxf3+ 24.Qxf3 Nh2+ 25.Ke2 Nxf3 26.Kxf3 Be5+ 27.Kf2 Bxb2 {The rest is silly.} 28.Nh5+ Kf8 29.Nf4 Qh4+ 30.Kf3 Bxa1 31.Rg4 Qf6 0-1 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.06.02"] [Round "-"] [White "egor_tensin"] [Black "nietalex"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1625"] [BlackElo "1672"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [Termination "egor_tensin won by resignation"] [Annotator "egor_tensin"] [CurrentPosition "r3kn2/2p1q3/2b4Q/pp3Pp1/8/PB4BP/1P3RP1/3R2K1 b - - 0 30"] {A very nice Italian game. I think I made virtually no or very few mistakes. The bishop pair reigns supreme.} 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Bc5 3.Bc4 d6 4.O-O Bg4 5.c3 Nc6 6.Bb3 Nf6 7.Bc2 b5 8.a3 a5 9.h3 Bd7 10.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Bxd4 12.cxd4 O-O 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Bg3 Kg7 {A huge mistake by Black.} 16.e5 {The punishment.} dxe5 17.dxe5 Nh7 18.Qd3 Rh8 19.Nc3 Ne7 20.f4 Bc6 21.Qe3 Nd5 22.Nxd5 Qxd5 23.Rf2 {The end of Black's threats.} Qd8 24.Rd1 Qe7 25.f5 f6 26.exf6+ Kxf6 27.Qd4+ Kf7 28.Bb3+ Ke8 29.Qxh8+ Nf8 30.Qxh6 1-0 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.06.04"] [Round "-"] [White "egor_tensin"] [Black "cybelius"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1634"] [BlackElo "1504"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [Termination "egor_tensin won by resignation"] [Annotator "egor_tensin"] [CurrentPosition "5R2/4k3/2b3P1/1p1pP3/p2P4/P7/6KP/8 w - - 1 40"] {A French defense with a nice kingside attack. Not the best moves, but the advantage was never let go.} 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.f4 Qb6 6.Nf3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nh6 8.Nc3 Nf5 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.O-O Bb4 12.a3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 a5 14.Bd2 a4 15.Rb1 Qa6 16.Rb4 b5 17.Qe2 Ke7 18.g4 Nh6 19.Ng5 Ng8 20.f5 {The fun starts.} h6 21.fxe6 hxg5 22.exf7 Nh6 23.Bxg5+ Ke6 24.Qf3 Raf8 25.Bxh6 Rxh6 26.Qf5+ Ke7 27.Qg5+ Kd7 28.Qxg7 Rhh8 29.g5 {Suboptimal, but pretty.} Qc8 30.Rb2 {Quite precise, actually.} Qd8 31.Rg2 Rh3 32.g6 Rxc3 33.Qh7 Rh8 34.Qxh8 Qxh8 35.f8=Q Qxf8 36.Rxf8 Rc1+ 37.Kf2 Rc2+ 38.Kg3 Rxg2+ 39.Kxg2 Ke7 1-0 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.07.03"] [Round "-"] [White "Sumska_Gajba"] [Black "egor_tensin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1721"] [BlackElo "1683"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [Termination "egor_tensin won by checkmate"] [Annotator "egor_tensin"] [CurrentPosition "5rnk/8/1p1R3p/pP1Pp2Q/P1P2b2/5P1P/7q/7K w - - 2 43"] {A very tough defense amounting in the eventual victory. Curiously, engines seem to think it wasn't all that bad for Black.} 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.e3 e6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O h6 8.e4 d6 9.Re1 Re8 10.a3 Bf8 11.b4 a5 12.b5 e5 13.d5 Nbd7 14.Ne2 Nc5 15.Ng3 Nxd3 16.Qxd3 Bc8 17.h3 Nh7 18.a4 Bd7 19.Qe2 Qc8 20.Nh4 Be7 21.Nhf5 Bxf5 22.Nxf5 Bf8 23.Ra3 Nf6 24.Rg3 Kh7 25.Qd2 Ng8 {I seriously thought I had no hope of saving such a passive position.} 26.Ree3 g6 27.Nh4 Qd8 28.Ref3 Qxh4 {We both went all-in. Who will prevail?} 29.Rxf7+ Kh8 30.Rxc7 {No idea why he didn't took on g6 instead.} Re7 31.Rxe7 Bxe7 32.Rxg6 Bg5 33.Qd1 Qxe4 {And now it's completely over, thanks to the dual threat of Qxg6 and Qb1.} 34.Rxd6 Qb1 35.Qh5 Qxc1+ 36.Kh2 Qf4+ 37.Kg1 Rf8 {Calmly played!} 38.f3 Qe3+ 39.Kh1 {My oppenent decided to end his misery.} Qe1+ 40.Kh2 Bf4+ 41.g3 Qxg3+ 42.Kh1 Qh2# 0-1 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.07.04"] [Round "-"] [White "wizard72"] [Black "egor_tensin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1740"] [BlackElo "1701"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [Termination "egor_tensin won by checkmate"] [Annotator "egor_tensin"] [CurrentPosition "6k1/2p3p1/1p3p2/4p1p1/1bb4P/4BP2/rqNK1QP1/3R3R w - - 0 30"] {One of the most exciting games I've played.} 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.Ng5 d5 6.exd5 Nxd5 {I was trying to transpose into a Fried Liver Attack, possibly the first proper opening I learned.} 7.Qf3 f6 8.Bxd5 Nd4 9.Bf7+ Ke7 10.Qd1 h6 11.c3 Nc6 12.Qh5 hxg5 {I gave up the exchange, because what else could I have done?} 13.Qxh8 Kxf7 14.Qh5+ Kg8 {Engines seem to think this position is balanced.} 15.Qe2 Bf5 16.Be3 Bxd3 17.Qd2 Qd6 18.b4 b6 19.Na3 Rd8 20.O-O-O a5 21.Nc2 axb4 22.cxb4 Qd5 {My queen should have gone here in the first place.} 23.a3 Qb3 24.h4 Bc4 {Oh, the massacre!} 25.Qe1 Nxb4 26.axb4 Ra8 27.f3 Ra2 28.Qf2 Qb2+ 29.Kd2 Bxb4# 0-1 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.07.20"] [Round "-"] [White "aymanmrshan"] [Black "egor_tensin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1515"] [BlackElo "1709"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [Termination "egor_tensin won by resignation"] [Annotator "egor_tensin"] [CurrentPosition "8/1p3p2/p1p2P2/P1P5/1q1PK3/5P2/8/6k1 w - - 0 50"] {A completely lost pawn endgame I was lucky to win.} 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 {The most boring line ever.} Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Be7 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.h3 O-O 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.Bxe7 Re8 13.Bh4 Nf6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.O-O-O Nc6 (15...Bxa2 {Hanging pieces drop.}) 16.Rde1 Nb4 17.a3 Nd5 18.Nd4 Nf4 19.Bf3 Bd5 20.Bxd5 Nxd5 21.c4 Nf4 22.Kd2 {I am clearly worse: both my opponent's king and pawn structure are better.} a6 23.h4 Kf8 24.g3 Ne6 25.Nf5 Ng7 26.Nxg7 Kxg7 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 28.Re1 Re6 29.Re3 h5 30.d4 c6 31.b4 d5 32.c5 Kg6 {Trying to activate my king. Sadly, I'm completely lost after this move.} 33.Ke2 Kf5 34.Kf3 Re4 {According to my engine, one of the most accurate moves. The engine also evaluates this position as being completely crushing for White. But I had an idea!} 35.Rxe4 dxe4+ 36.Ke3 Kg4 37.Kxe4 f5+ {The great idea is I want to queen my h-pawn. I am oh-so-completely lost.} 38.Ke3 f4+ 39.gxf4 Kxh4 40.Kf3 Kh3 {Now I have to crawl along the 'h' file. Fortunately, this plan is hard to stop. Unfortunately, I am still completely lost.} 41.f5 {Insane and completely pointless.} (41.a4 {would've been completely over. Now if I continue along with} Kh2 {I am completely lost after something like} 42.d5 (42.b5 {also wins, but it's much more complicated.} h4 43.bxc6 bxc6 44.d5 h3 45.dxc6 (45.d6 {is the same, except I have my c6 pawn at the end.} Kg1 46.d7 h2 47.d8=Q h1=Q+ {And it's a draw.}) 45...Kg1 46.c7 h2 47.c8=Q h1=Q+) 42...cxd5 43.b5 h4 44.c6 ({or} 44.bxa6) {and my opponent's gonna queen way before I can make anything happen. My h-pawn is too slow and my d-pawn is easily stopped by White's king.}) 41...h4 42.f6 {In the same crazy spirit. It's like me playing White! Amazing, but now it's Black who's winning. The rest is silly.} Kh2 43.a4 h3 44.a5 Kg1 45.Kg3 h2 46.f3 h1=Q 47.Kg4 Qg2+ 48.Kf4 Qd2+ 49.Ke4 Qxb4 0-1 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.07.21"] [Round "-"] [White "egor_tensin"] [Black "bennisimoh"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1719"] [BlackElo "1759"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [Termination "egor_tensin won by resignation"] [Annotator "egor_tensin"] [CurrentPosition "1r1q4/1p3Q2/p1pkR3/P7/1P1P1Pp1/8/2P2P1P/6K1 b - - 11 36"] {I was so happy to win a game against a 1800-rated player (my opponent was rated at 1809 when the game started) only to realized after the game it was only his 12th game, and the first loss he had suffered. He lost like 50 rating points after this game. But still!} 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bf5 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Nh4 Bg6 8.Nxg6 hxg6 9.a3 Ba5 10.b4 Bb6 11.e3 a6 12.Rb1 Ne7 13.a4 c6 14.a5 Bc7 15.Na4 Nf5 16.Qd3 Nd6 17.Re1 Rb8 18.e4 {I was trying to get my bishop on c1 to breathe. A bit prematurely, probably.} (18.Nc5 {was better, preparing the idea.}) 18...dxe4 19.Bxe4 Nfxe4 20.Rxe4 Nxe4 {I didn't sacrifice the exchange concisely... I was just trying to break in the center. Anyway, I'm simply down an exchange now.} 21.Qxe4 Rh5 22.Rb3 {Trying to get my rook to become active.} Qd6 {Giving me two extra tempi and preventing the queens from being exchanged.} (22...Qd5 {Not sure what I would've done had he chosen to try to exchange the queens.}) 23.Bf4 Qd7 24.Nc5 Qd8 {A big mistake.} 25.Nxe6 {I was proud to immediately see this. His pieces are so bad though, it doesn't feel like an achievement.} fxe6 26.Qxg6+ Kf8 27.Qxh5 Bxf4 28.Rf3 e5 29.Qxe5 g5 30.gxf4 g4 31.Qf5+ {And now irrespectively of where his king goes, I'm either winning the pawn on g4 with a check or deliver a deadly check with Re3+.} Ke7 32.Re3+ Kd6 33.Qe5+ Kd7 34.Qe6+ Kc7 35.Qf7+ Kd6 36.Re6+ ({The game could've ended after} 36.Re6+ Kd5 37.Qf5+ Kc4 38.Qc5#) 1-0 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.09.08"] [Round "-"] [White "egor_tensin"] [Black "syedshah909"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1615"] [BlackElo "1555"] [TimeControl "900+10"] [Termination "egor_tensin won by resignation"] [Annotator "egor_tensin"] [CurrentPosition "r4kr1/1pq2p2/p2p3B/8/2P3Q1/6P1/PP3P1P/R4RK1 b - - 2 27"] {Finally a decent (more fun really) game after a streak of non-stop traumatizing losses.} 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 a6 4.Nc3 c5 5.d3 Nc6 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O Be7 8.e3 Bg4 9.Ne2 Qd7 10.d4 e4 11.Ng5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 cxd4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 dxe3 15.Bxe3 O-O 16.Qh5 h6 17.Bxh6 g6 18.Qd5 {As per usual, I have no idea why I haven't played} (18.Bxg6) {right now.} Rfe8 19.Bxg6 Bf6 20.Bf5 Qc7 {I was much more fearful of} (20...Qe7) {and for a good reason!} 21.Qf3 Ne5 22.Bh7+ Kxh7 23.Qxf6 Rg8 24.Be3 Ng4 25.Qh4+ Kg7 26.Qxg4+ Kf8 27.Bh6+ 1-0