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Brewood play in a wooden hut in the middle of nowhere.But no excuses. 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 e6 Maybe because I don't know the openings very well, but this seems unusually defensive to me.
4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bf4 I'm out of my 'book' knowledge now. Only after I made my move did I realise he could play e5. But then I saw Nxc6, then Bishop moves, so I relaxed again.
6... Nxd4 I missed this. I saw the next few moves though, and thought I had compensation for the piece.
7. Qxd4 e5 8. Bxe5 dxe5 9. Qxe5+ Ne7 After the game our board 1, Rob Thomas said this gave me a chance. Be7 was better for him.
10. Rd1 The Q can only go to b6, and then Nd5 looks pretty strong. If he blocks, I should be able to finish him off.
10... Bd7 I've now got 4 moves that I thought were winning. Nb5 (threat Nd6 mate), Nd5(threat Nc7ch), Bb5(threat BxB ch) and Rxd7. I think any of the first 3 would win, but of course I chose the 4th because I thought it was the most spectacular. More excuses - They'd just brought coffee round, and the caffeine kick led me astray. The rest of the team looked as though they were winning, so I tried to win quicker than them. I rejected the N moves because of Qa5 ch, posiibly giving him some counterplay.
11. Rxd7 Kxd7 If he'd taken with the Q, Bb5 wins it. I thought I was still winning anyway.
12. Bb5+ Nc6 There's a lot of complicated variations now. Basically, I didn't play Qd5 because it takes a square I want for my knight. Perhaps I should have castled first?
13. Qf5+ Ke8 14. |
