How to Unintentionally Sacrifice the Exchange and Win

Having previously thrown away a win against this opponent, it was satisfying to get revenge.

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[Event "Plate Quarter-Final"]


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1. d4 d5 2. e3 c5 {I think I should have played Nf6 first.} 3. c3 Nc6 4. f4
{Good, bad, or merely OK? Looks wrong to me.} 4... Nf6 5. Bd3 cxd4 {Giving up
the tension...} 6. exd4 Bg4 7. Nf3 Ne4 {Wanted to play f6 to support e5.} 8.
Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 e6 {Didn't think I could play f6 as White responds f5.} 10.
O-O Bd6 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Ne5 Bf5 13. Be2 {Bxf5 was much better.} 13... Qb6
{Sacrificing the exchange, accidentally. Although it actually works in my
favour.} 14. Nd7 Qxb2 15. Nxf8 Kxf8 {Even though I'm down the exchange, I
prefer my position. I have a pawn advantage, and his backward c-pawn on my
semi-open file is almost worthless. Both my good and bad bishops are active,
his bad bishop is inactive, his good bishop has no useful squares. His extra
rook isn't doing much, and my knight could be useful... } 16. Qc1 Qb6 17.
Be3 Rc8 18. Qd2 Na5 19. Bd3 {Misses...} 19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Rf2 {?}
21... Qa5 22. Qb2 Qxc3 23. Qxc3 Rxc3 24. Re1 Rd3 {Slight mistake. Stronger
was 24...Ba3 as my bishops then prevent White's rooks from using the b and c
files at all.} 25. Rb2 b6 26. Rb3 {Drops another pawn.} 26... Rxb3 27. axb3
Bc2 28. Ra1 a5 29. g3 {?} 29... Bxb3 30. Rb1 a4 31. Bd2 b5 32. Bc3 Bc4 33.
Rb4 {After this move, my opponent says 'This will either be a great move, or
not'. It doesn't work. 33.Bb4 is better, but it loses too, I suppose.}
33... Bxb4 {I considered 33...a3, which is better, but I just wanted the
rook.} 34. Bxb4+ Ke8 35. Kf2 f6 36. Ke3 Kf7 37. h4 h6 38. h5 {Instead of this,
my opponent actually tries to play 38.g5. Moving a pawn from the 3rd rank to
the 5th rank is almost as good as trying to claim a stalemate when you're
about to get checkmated next move, which happened the last time we played this
team.} 38... f5 39. Kf3 Bb3 40. Ke2 Bc2 41. Ba3 Be4 42. Kf2 g6 43. hxg6+ Kxg6
44. Bb4 h5 {Making it hard for myself...} 45. Ba3 Kf7 46. Bb4 Ke8 47. Ba3 Kd7
48. Bb4 Kc6 49. Kg1 Kb6 50. Kh2 a3 51. Bxa3 Ka5 52. Bc1 b4 53. Kh3 b3 54. Kh4
Bf3 {Kb4 is better.} 55. Kg5 Kb4 56. Bb2 Kc4 57. Kf6 Kd3 58. Kxe6 Be4 59. Kf6
Kc2 60. Ba1 b2 61. Bxb2 Kxb2 62. Kg5 Kc3 63. Kxh5 Bf3+ 64. Kg5 Bg4 65. Kf6
Kxd4 66. Ke6 Ke4 67. Kf6 d4 68. Ke6 d3 69. Kf6 d2 70. Ke6 d1=Q 71. Kf6 Qd4+
72. Kg5 Qg7+ 73. Kh4 Qh6# 0-1

Two teams in the KO semis

The A team won convincingly enough against Cov D last night (12 moves by John Naylor!) apart from the player on board 2 who had a nightmare...but just escaped with a bit of dignity !
And the B team got through as well ....

Rugby "C" Results

Results of Tuesday 16/03/10 League Match - Nuneaton "D"

Board 1 James - Lost
Board 2 Roy - Win
Board 3 - Chris - Draw
Board 4 - Joe - Win

!!!!!!!!! We did it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amazing but true - Rugby won the Div 1 title last night for the first time in about 12/13 years. All the team played well. John - who may have had a win against Maurice Staples but agrred a draw, Jonathon Cox showed how strong he ahs become by beating Colin Green. And Nalin having played very well,slipped up but drew dispite being a Q for R down. My game is given below - I hope we get the other games on here lads, Bob

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[Event "?"]
[Site "Nuneaton A v Rugby A"]
[Date "2010.3.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A Patterson"]
[Black "R Wildig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "?"]

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nd4 {I've
been told that I should have played g5 here but I couldn't figure what to do
about Nxg5 followed by Bxg5 and Qf3 or Nd5} 8. Nd5 g5 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. c3
Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Bb6 12. Bg3 Qf6?! {After his next move I felt I should have
played c6} 13. a4! c6 14. Bb3 {14 a5 might have had Black in difficulties}
14... Be6 15. a5 Bc7 16. h4 O-O-O 17. c4 {17 a6 looked strong} 17... a6 18.
Qd2 Kb8 19. Bd1 d5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Qe3 dxe4 22. dxe4 Qe7 23. Qc3 f6 24. f3
Bd6 25. O-O Bb4 26. Qc1 Rc8 {Obvious but may be better was 26...Rd2} 27. Qb1
Bc4 28. Rf2 Bc5 29. Kh2 Bxf2 {Rightly or wrongly Black spent the next few
moves worrying about parting with this Bishop} 30. Bxf2 gxh4? {A bad move -
the idea was to lure the bishop off the g1-a7 diagonal but all it does is
weaken the K side pawns} 31. Bxh4 Qd6 32. Ba4! Rhg8 33. Qg1 Be2 34. Qe3 Bb5
35. Bf2 Qd4 {Forced} 36. Qe1 Qxb2 37. Rb1 Qe2 38. Bxb5 Qxe1 39. Bxe1 axb5 40.
g4 h5 41. Kg3 hxg4 42. fxg4 Rc5 43. Bf2 Rc3+ 44. Kg2 Rxg4+ 45. Kf1 Rf3 46.
Rxb5 Rgf4 47. Rb2 Rxf2+ {After the Rooks came off Black won} 0-1

Chris takes a draw after a short but interesting game ,,,

Never been offered a draw before. Perhaps I could have played through and done better, but then again perhaps I could have played through and done worse. An unusually thoughtful game for me ...

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[Event "CDCL League: Division 3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.3.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chris Pegler"]
[Black "Gordon Opie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 h6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 {Starting to think of
how to develop the other side.} 6... Bd7 7. b4 {Wishing to deter his black
bishop. Did consider Ne5 instead. This continued to be an option for quite a
while} 7... b6 8. Qd3 Nf6 9. Nbd2 {Thinking to protect e-pawn in advance to
e4.} 9... O-O 10. e4 Nh7 11. a4 {Aiming to threaten black bishop while
developing my bishop and linking the rooks.} 11... Ng5 {Not worried about an
exchange as there are lots of options to take back. } 12. b5 Nxf3+ {Could tske
back with any of three. Decide to use Knight.} 13. Nxf3 g5 14. e5 {Thinking to
deter the advance of his f-pawn but not anticipating ...} 14... f5 {So could
take him en passant which really helps him with mobilising black bishop and
helps me not at all.} 15. Ba3 {Threatening his black bishop and backed with a
rook.} 15... Bxa3 16. Rxa3 {Now I start thinking of advancing the c-pawn to
allow rook and queen to work together. But how to protect the c-pawn? Let's
see ...} 16... Be8 17. Nd2 {So c-pawn protected by knight.} 17... h5 {Thinking
through the comibinations I would really like to break this wall on at g5 to
allow access to black king.} 18. f4 {If he does not take plan is to reinforce
with the knight.} 18... gxf4 19. gxf4 {That creates a nice view for me. But I
have to be careful because he's eyeing me up too.} 19... Qe7 {Precautionary.}
20. c4 {To link up rook and queen as per the earlier plan.} 20... Qg7 21. Qg3
{Happy with a queen exchange. He offers a draw which I accept. Its been a nice
game and for me that is a fine result. My plan had I continued would be to
retake with rook after queen exchange and then move the knight to g5 and start
threatening some damage. } 1/2-1/2

Rugby "C" Results

Results of Tuesday 2/03/10 League Match - away to Cov.E
Board 1 James - Win
Board 2 Roy - Half
Board 3 Joe - Lost
Board 4 Sue - Win