I was playing Paul Sweatman, who I last played in my second game of the season (13th October). The same result, but a much better game from me. Until I got to move 27. I may be improving in my openings and middle game, but my endgame still requires a lot of attention.
[Event "CDCLLeague, Division 3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.1.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chris Pegler"]
[Black "Paul Sweatman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 {Considered Bf4, but pressed on with fiancetta}
4. Bg2 Be4 {Hm.Pinsmy knight on the bishop.} 5. O-O Bxf3 {Not sure why he does
this. Should have asked. Or one of you can tell me. } 6. Bxf3 e6 7. Bf4 Bd6
{Thought that if I took him he would take back with queen and that would then
be in a good position so moved in closer to protect bishop with dpawn and fork
bishop and knight. } 8. Be5 Bxe5 {He takes me anyway.} 9. dxe5 {And I take
back and threaten knight.} 9... Nfd7 {Which moves here and stays here -
blocking in the queen - for some time.} 10. Bxd5 {This wasa risky move and all
about advancing the pawn and a threat on the rook. I reckoned he would take
it. I thought long and hard but did it anyway. Craving excitement? } 10...
exd5 {He did take it.} 11. Qxd5 {Now queen threatens rook (potentially)and
more importantly protects pawn.} 11... c6 {Attacks queen and counters threat
to rook. } 12. Qd6 Qe7 {He's fed up by now and wants to swap or see me off? If
I had swapped it would have removed chance of him castling as he would have
had to take back with king. But e pawn would have been dead.} 13. f4 {To
protect d pawn } 13... Qxd6 14. exd6 O-O 15. Nc3 Nf6 {Nice move which stops me
developing Knight to e4} 16. Rad1 Nbd7 17. e4 h6 18. e5 Ng4 {The knight on g4
now threatens to fork rooks on e3.} 19. Rfe1 {To prevent that.} 19... Rae8
20. h3 {Spot that this has nowhere safe to retreat to.} 20... Ngxe5 21. fxe5
Re6 {Threatening to double up, so...} 22. b4 Rfe8 {Now is doubled up.} 23. b5
Rxe5 24. Kf2 {Decide to move king into action. } 24... Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Rxe1 26.
Kxe1 {At this stage its looking not bad. But what to do now?} 26... f5 27.
Kf2 Kf7 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Na4 Ke6 30. c4 Kxd6 {Finally gets to remove this
nuisance pawn. } 31. Kf3 a6 32. Nc5 Ne5+ 33. Kf4 Nxc4 34. g4 fxg4 35. Ne4+
Ke6 36. hxg4 g5+ 37. Kg3 Ke5 38. Nc5 a5 39. a4 Nb6 40. Nd3+ Kd5 41. Nb2 Kd4
42. Kf3 c5 43. Ke2 c4 44. Kd2 c3+ {Enough is enough. I resign. An enjoyable
game which showed how I really need a better idea about endgames. } 0-1
Hope to do better next time but really quite pleased with how I did here. This is of course the cue for John and Nalin and Jon to pile in and tell me all about glaring errors and missed opportunities. But whatever they say it was an enjoyable game and a nice bloke.
