Two Games for the Price of One

Last week's game that I didn't put up.

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[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.1.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "James"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]

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%Orient=B
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3 5. bxc3 Nxe4 6. Qe2 d5 7. d3 Nxc3
8. Qxe5+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. Bb2 Nb5 11. Bxg7 Re8 12. Be2 f6 {12...Rg8 wins
the g2 pawn, but I preferred to keep the bishop off the long diagonal.} 13.
O-O?? {Castling can leave pieces hanging...} 13... Kf7 {Discovered attack with
the king.} 14. Rae1 Kxg7 15. Nh4? Nxa3 16. Bh5 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Nxc2 18. Rc1 Kh6
19. Bf3 Nd4 20. Bd1 c6 {I still haven't developed those three queenside
pieces...} 21. Kf1 Bf5 22. Nxf5+ Nxf5 23. g4 Nd4 24. h4 Nd7 25. Kg2 Re8 {Claim
those open files...} 26. f4 b5 27. g5+ fxg5 28. fxg5+ Kg6 29. Bg4 Re7 30. Rf1
a5 {Here my opponent gracefully resigned as the passed pawns are unstoppable.
} 0-1

This week's game that I hesitated to put up.

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[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.1.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "James"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "70"]

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Bd7 {6...b4 is a
better way to continue.} 7. axb5 cxb5 8. Ne5 a6 9. Qf3 Ra7 10. Nd5 {OK, so
this isn't a particularly strong move against best play...} 10... Nxd5?? {My
evil move pays dividends...} 11. Qxf7# 1-0